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The Invisible Wall : The Mystery of the Germans and the Jews
by W. Michael Blumenthal
Counterpoint, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust jacket has very slight shelfwear with slight rubbing on the corners. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Not price-clipped. Not ex-library. Not remainder. Beautiful condition.
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A$35.17
Twelve Days on the Somme: A Memoir of the Trenches, 1916
by Rogerson, Sidney
Greenhill Books, 2006 small 8vo cloth pp xxxi+172 bw drawings F-/F- New Introduction with the original 1933 text. A nice copy.
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A$7.21
Cumbria Family History Society transcript & index for the 1851 Census for Preston Quarter...St. Bees
Cumbria Family History Society, 1992 smaller 8vo pp156 G Derived from Public Record office hand written originals. Ex Cumbria County Library stamped, apparently kept in stock without label. Wear to light card binding, near Fine text.
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A$5.99
The Black Golconda: The Romance of Petroleum
by Isaac F. Marcosson
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Harper & Brothers, 1924. First British Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has mild shelfwear/soiling, front board slightly warped, spine ends are slightly softened. Decorative endpapers. Blind stamp of oil well on fornt cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. 10 Illustrations including frontispiece. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
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A$30.06
Art and Architecture in Italy : 1250 - 1400 (Pelican History of Art hardback)
by White, John
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1966. First edition. Well illustrated, small thick quarto, pp xxvi, 449, a few tiny turns to some pages, cloth very slightly worn but a good sound hardback copy in a rubbed and slightly frayed dustwrapper, in a slightly worn slipcase. [Very heavy, extra postage will be required.]. Cloth in slipcase. Good/Slightly worn and frayed.
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A$15.51
Memories of a Hundred Years Volume 1
by Hale, Edward
Macmillan, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. First Edition.Macmillan, 1902. Hard Cover. Volume 1 of 2. EX LIBRARY with usual markings. Book plate on back of the front cover and library pocket still on back of the back cover. Sticker still on spine. Cover has mild shelfwear. Top edge gilt. No underlines or highlighting on pages. Pages are clean, unmarked, and intact with very little toning . Binding is slightly shaken. Very nice copy.
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A$46.98
The Trade Makers: Elder Dempster in West Africa, 1852-1972
by Davies, P.N
Allen & Unwin, 1980 large 8vo cloth pp526 bw plates tables bibliography index F-/G+ Detailed history of the shipping line, and its various commercial enterprises. A nice copy. [ Heavier book, so extra postage overseas. ]
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A$13.59
Sketches of The Royal Society and Royal Society Club
by Barrow, Sir John
London: John Murray, 1849. Octavo, pp viii, 212 [+ 16 page publisher's catalogue dated October 1848), slightly used and marked internally, corners slightly bruised throughout, a couple of pages opened slightly carelessly, a folding facsimile manuscript plate, a contemporary signature on the front endpaper, original cloth slightly worn and marked, corners bruised, the spine a little worn and lacking tiny pieces at head and tail. A duplicate from the Royal Society of London itself, with their stamp on...
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A$387.64
The American Presidents
by Whitney, David C
Dust jacket shows wear along the edges and has a 1.5 cm tear att he top of the spine. The book itself shows very mild wear for its age. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Covers all presidents up to Nixon's first term.
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A$10.46
The Business System: Readings in Ideas and Concepts
by Walton, Clarence (Ed); Eells, Richard (Ed)
The Macmillan Company, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No Jackets ; Very Good Slipcase. 1967 The Macmillan Company. First Edition. First printing, stated in all three volumes. "An Arkville Press book". Three volumes in a paper-covered half slipcase, the back and lower part of a case ending on the diagonal. Hardcovers have blue-green cloth-covered boards with gold, copper, and silver spine and cover lettering and decorations; blind-stamped publisher's logo on front cover. Top page...
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A$123.95
John Skelton (C.1460-1529) Contribution a l'Histiore de la Prerenaissance Anglaise
by Pollet, Maurice
8vo pp293 bw plates appendices bibliography index G University of Paris doctoral thesis, in the French language. Name written inside front, and author's signature on title page. General wear and marking to binding and edges, with VG text and plates, so G condition overall.
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A$23.26
Twenty Years A-Growing
by O'Sullivan, Maurice
Very little wear. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean and tight. Owner's name and initials embossed upon the title page. A memoir about growing up on a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland. First published in Irish in 1933.
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A$13.56
The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History, New Edition
by Oberdorfer, Don
Basic Books, 2001. Softcover. Very Good. Near Fine. 2001 Basic Books. Revised And Updated edition. Softcover. 521 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear and a small bump to the bottom front corner of the spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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A$9.30
An Innocent at Large
by Hollowood Bernard ( ' Hod ' of ''Punch'' ):
small 8vo pp139 bw drawings VG/fair+ The author writes of his travels in 29 US states during 1946-7. Blue cloth/gold book is VG, although binding stitching is showing through in some pages, with dustwrapper heavily chipped but still pleasing. Christmas 1947 dedication written inside front.
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A$6.11
A Perambulation of Cumberland, 1687-8, including descriptions of Westmorland, the Isle of Man and Ireland: (Cumbria Record Office MS ... of the Surtees Society) (Volume 207)
by Thomas Denton [ Winchester, Angus & Wane, Mary - editors ]
Surtees Society / Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society / Boydell Press, 2003 larger 8vo cloth pp xiv+ 606 bw portrait plate notes index F-/F- Published from a manuscript held in Cumbria Record Office. Introductory chapters by both editors. Scarce with dust wrapper. [ Heavier book, so extra postage overseas. ]
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A$93.36
Seven Times
by Major H.W. Wadge
The Covenant Publishing Co, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. The Covenant Publishing Co,1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket.Cover has some small spots front and back, rubbing on corners.Spine has faded and rubeeed at ends. Hinges are loose showing minimal webbing. Name label was pulled off inside front cover, minor foxing. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Very nice copy.
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A$36.66
Swaps
by Irwin, Barry
First edition. Very little wear to the dust jacket and none I can find to the book itself. Dark blue fabric covered boards with a photograph on the front. Print stamped on the front cover in black and gilt, with more gilt print on the spine. Black ribbon bookmark. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The book looks unread. Rather scarce. Fourteenth in the series of 24.
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A$35.64
San Francisco Bay Toll-Bridge Souvenier Program March 2, 1929
1929. Paperback. Fair. March 2, 1929. Publication information not provided. Paperback, stapled wraps. 11”/8”. Cover is detached. Some fading to color on cover. In a protective plastic sheath. Interior pages are clean, bright-white, paginated, and illustrated with b/w photographs and maps. Contains a history of the bridge, construction information, and local advertisements. Condition FAIR. April Box 3
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A$46.48
Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose
by Simons, Graham M
Very little wear. Spine is square and uncreased, pages are clean and tight. Looks as if this book has never been read. A somewhat scarce book. Originally published in 2014.
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A$25.95
In the Land of Lorna Doone and Other Pleasurable Excursions in England
by Rideing, William H
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co,, 1895. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co,, 1895. First Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Top edge gilt. Cover has mild shelfwear, corners a bit rubbed, spine darkened, gilt lettering and design a bit dulled. Pages are clean and unmarked, light foxing, Rough cut edges. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
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A$35.64
Timeline of the Reformation Laminated Poster
by Parthenon Graphics Timelines
1480 AD – 1700 AD View the major events of the Protestant Reformation, including highlights of the lives of Luther, Calvin, Knox and Zwingli.
- Sealed in 3 mil gloss lamination for long lasting durability
- 44" wide x 9.5" tall [111.7 cm x 24.1 cm]
See full size image at http://www.Parthenon-Graphics.com
- Sealed in 3 mil gloss lamination for long lasting durability
- 44" wide x 9.5" tall [111.7 cm x 24.1 cm]
See full size image at http://www.Parthenon-Graphics.com
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A$27.52
The Oxford History of the American People: Volume Two, 1789 Through Reconstruction
by Morison, Samuel Eliot
Meridan, 1994. Trade Paperback. Good. Good. 1994 Meridan - Penguin. Trade paperback. 540 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. A few pages are dog-eared.
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A$12.40
Kampvuren: Langs Den Evenaar
by Paul Julien
Eindhoven, 1946. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Van Den Schrijver. Eindhoven,1946. Cloth Hard Cover. Text in Dutch. No dust jacket. Grey cloth cover has considerable shelfwear/soiling, rubbed corners, faded spine, splits along spine edges. Endpapers are lightly foxed. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Hinges are perfect. Binding is slightly shaken. Tipped-in frontispiece. Forty black and white full-page illustrations of life in Africa. Good reading copy.
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A$28.97
The Mayor and the Matron
by Wilson, Stanley
High Wycombe: Precision Press, 1971 8vo pp157 bw plates G General light wear, minor page part detaching, near Fine text and plates.
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A$5.99
1787: The Day-By-Day Story of the Constitutional Convention
by Historians, Independence National Historic Park
New York: Exeter Books, 1987. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Exeter Books,1987. Hard Cover. Dust jacket and cover have negligible shelfwear. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Pristine condition. A lovely coffee table book with full page illustrations.
Item Price
A$44.47
